Barrichello on pole for Italian GP
 |  Barrichello earned the 11th pole position of his career. |
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| | LEADING TIMES | 1. R Barrichello (Brz) Ferrari 1:20.089
2. JP Montoya (Col) Williams 1:20.620
3. M. Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 1:20.637
4. F. Alonso (Spn) Renault 1:20.645 5. T. Sato (Jpn) BAR 1:20.715
6. J. Button (GB) BAR 1:20.786
7. K. Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren 1:20.877
8. A. Pizzonia (Brz) Williams 1:20.888
9. J. Trulli (Ita) Renault 1:21.027
10. D. Coulthard (GB) McLaren 1:21.049
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MONZA, Italy -- Brazil's Rubens Barrichello claimed his second pole position of the season with a record qualifying time for Sunday's Formula One Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
The Ferrari driver clocked one minute 20.089 seconds at an average speed of 260.395 kilometers per hour -- the fastest-ever qualifying lap in F1 history.
That left Barrichello more than half a second clear of second-placed Juan Pablo Montoya, driving a Williams.
"I'm just so happy with the whole thing," said Barrichello. "The car was really good and I was able to take every bit out of the car.
"The whole weekend the car has shown good potential and I am thrilled - you are never going to have the perfect lap but this was very close to the limit.
"Monza is all about getting it right rather than pushing to the limit but I think I was close to the limit in every part of the circuit."
Colombian Montoya had gone even faster in the pre-qualifying practice session, lapping at an average speed of 262.242kph.
"I pushed pretty hard, just made a mistake in braking into the second chicane," said Montoya, who is moving to McLaren next year.
"I might have been three 10ths faster but I don't think I could have matched Rubens. We're on the front row, I think that's good for the team. We need the points."
Michael Schumacher, Barrichello's teammate, was third with Fernando Alonso of Renault joining the seven-times world champion on the second row.
The German, who has won 12 of 14 races this season, had looked set to beat his teammate's time, but a rare mistake on the final corner cost him vital time.
"I made a mistake on the last corner which was my own fault and that cost me quite a lot, but not enough to get the pole position honestly," said Schumacher.
"Rubens just did a perfect lap and there was nothing that I could do about that... but it's looking very good for the race tomorrow, being in the position we are.
"Coming here having won both championships, it would be great to do it in style. It would be the perfect way to thank our fans."
BAR teammates Takuma Sato and Jenson Button filled the third row, ahead of McLaren-Mercedes' Kimi Raikkonen, the winner of the last race in Belgium two weeks ago.
